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Life Without Conflict
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whatever is done, is done through the body complex (pudgal).
It is the body complex that gives pain and unhappiness. Is
poison also not a body complex? Do we not experience its
effect? People of the current time cycle are really the product
of their negative tendencies from their past lives. People of the
era of previous time cycle used to make do without food and
clothes, but people of today, despite having everything, create
nothing but conflict. If a man has outstanding taxes, he fears the
tax officer and in turn his wife fears him because due to the
stress, he mistreats her.
A person, who has all the four necessities of life and yet
creates conflict, is nothing but a fool. Does he or does he not
get food on time? It does not matter whether the food is
cooked in oil or not, but at least he gets his food on time,
does he not? Does he also not get his cup of tea on time;
whether it is once or twice a day, does he not at least get tea
or something to drink? Does he not have clothes to wear?
Does he not have a roof over his head? He should be thankful
for all this, especially on cold winters days! Therefore, when
people complain, in spite of having these basic four necessities,
they should be locked up in prison! In spite of having all the
four necessities, if a person is still unhappy, then he should get
married. You cannot persecute anyone for wanting to get
married. Along with these four necessities, marriage is also a
necessary component. You cannot say no to anyone who is of
age and wants to get married. But so many of those who get
married, break their marriages, they wander alone, and invite
suffering. What kind of people are these, who get married
then break up their marriages? When a person does not have
the four or five basic necessities for living, it is understood that
he is suffering. Everything else is not really sufferings, but
rather difficulties or inconveniences. People however spend
their entire day being mi serable; all day long they imagine and